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'Give me a call'

DEFINITION: n. A message, which does not include a name, a number, or any other relevant information which could be used to identify the caller. v. To leave a message without identifying yourself.

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Bestfrienonymous

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: best-fren-on-uh-muhs

Sentence: As a bill collector Tom is famous for getting people to call him back by leaving bestfrienonymous voicemail messages. "Hey, (insert name here) haven't talked to you for quite some time. Give me a call back and we can catch up." Most clients (victims) are so stunned at being fooled that they pay up their accounts without much resistance.

Etymology: best friend + anonymous (of unknown name)

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Inblognito

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: in/blog/nee/toe

Sentence: My most promising and interesting messages I ever receive usually come inblognito. I can never follow up, or act on them. So to get even and relieve my frustration, I randomly leave one of my friends an inblognito.

Etymology: incognito + blog

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COMMENTS:

Nice to see that you are spreading the joy... Unfortunately they don't let us leave anonymous messages here, so you'll know this message is from me. - wordmeister, 2007-03-07: 01:10:00

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Mumblast

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: mum/blast

Sentence: .... another mumblast - it must be from the psychic hotline again

Etymology: mum (silent)+ bombast (talk) + blast (scream)

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Calldismay

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: cawl/dis/mae

Sentence: An empty voicemail is a calldismay

Etymology: call display + dismay

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COMMENTS:

funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-07: 13:23:00

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Guessage

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: gess-ij

Sentence: The guessage on her machine said nothing more than "Meet me at Sam's Place at 6." Because she was in contact with over two dozen on-line daters, Alice realized she was driving to a semi-blind date.

Etymology: guess, message

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COMMENTS:

Simple but effective! - Discoveria, 2007-03-07: 09:15:00

emd2k3 Better than mine, which was 'lessage.' - emd2k3, 2007-03-07: 14:57:00

Thanks, it's the first time I came up with a decent word in about 4.5 seconds. It takes me forever to come up with bad ones. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-07: 18:02:00

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Voicefail

Created by: Sed8ed

Pronunciation: voy-sss-fay-el

Sentence: Once again, Wanda fell victim to several voicefail messages when most of the callers left no information.

Etymology: Voice+fail

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COMMENTS:

Oooh the best! - BMott, 2007-03-08: 23:56:00

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Voinymess

Created by: Windyo

Pronunciation:

Sentence: another voinymess... oh really.

Etymology: voice + privative particule + message

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Whuismi

Created by: tonya87

Pronunciation: Who-is-me

Sentence: Why does every one leave a whuismi!

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Fromwhonication

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: from who nik kay shun

Sentence: Gisele hated the fact that all her 14 year old girlfriends left her messages, but she could not figure out who had sent them. She called this a fromwhonication and her friends could never figure out why she never called them back.

Etymology: From who? & Communication (the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information)

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Anonymessage

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: uh-NON-ee-mes-ej

Sentence: Bloody hell! That's the third anonymessage today. Maybe I should just start answering the phone...

Etymology: a message from anonymous

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COMMENTS:

Great one! - BMott, 2007-03-08: 23:55:00

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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-03-07: 12:01:01
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus.
Thank you erasmus! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-09-24: 00:00:00
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus. Thank you erasmus. ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-09-24: 10:01:00
Jasper Fforde has just emailed me to tell me that he has signed his book and he is "dispatching" it to us asap, so we can award it to the top writer this week. ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-09-24: 10:29:00
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1. Go to www.gravatar.com (It's free.)

2. Set up an account using the same email address you use a Verbotomy.

3. Upload an picture (of yourself) to use as your avatar.

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If you would like me to create a personalized Verbotomy avatar for you, email me at james@verbotomy.com. I will be glad to draw a personalized Verbotomy Character just for you. ~ James